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Waging War in Cyberspace
A doctoral student explains how one online hacker can be more powerful than 10,000 soldiers.
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Should I be afraid of election hacking?
International cybersecurity expert, Dr. Jessica Beyer, weighs in on potential motivations for election hacking.
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Silicon Valley can't escape the business of war
Opinion piece by UW Department of History Professor, Margaret O'Mara.
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CO2 levels, leaf thickness and climate change
Two UW scientists, Abigail Swann (assistant professor, biology and atmospheric sciences) and Marlies Kovenock (biology doctoral student), have discovered that plants with thicker leaves may exacerbate the effects of climate change because they would be less efficient in sequestering atmospheric carbon, a fact that climate change models to date have not taken into account.
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UW historian Margaret O'Mara discusses famous 1968 computer mouse 'demo' – and the start of Silicon Valley – for new podcast by The Conversation
Margaret O'Mara explores the impact of a December 1968 computer presentation that came to be called “the mother of all demos” in an episode of a new podcast series.
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New Life Sciences Building is a nexus for modern-age teaching and research at the University of Washington
The University of Washington opened the doors to a new Life Sciences Building that will transform learning, teaching and research for generations.
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PSBJ First Look at the LSB
Expected to open in early September, the 207,000-square-foot building will be ready to host students in the fall.
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Trumps Space Force aims to create 'American dominance in space' by 2020
Saadia Pekkanen, director of the Space Security Initiative at the UW's Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, weighs in on space force.
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For UW physicists, the 2-D form of tungsten ditelluride is full of surprises
For a team led by scientists at the UW, the 2-D form of one metallic compound — tungsten ditelluride, or WTe2 — is a bevy of quantum revelations.
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Amazon HQ2 bid is already paying off for some cities
Professor Margaret O'Mara weighs in on the impact of Amazon on cities that bid to be the location of its HQ2.
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Our Neighbor Andromeda May Have Cannibalized Another Galaxy
UW Astronomy assistant professor Sarah Tuttle is quoted.
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Barbs for Bezos but Bill Gates largely admired in Seattle
UW History Professor Margaret O'Mara is quoted in this op-ed comparing the reputations of Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.
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KEXP and dream team of archivists plan digitization labs to help listeners save their music memories
KEXP and the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives, connected to the School of Music's Ethnomusicology Division, host Pop Up Music Memory Digitization Labs on July 28.
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Research team discovers drug compound that stops cancer cells from spreading
Chemists from the UW Department of Chemistry are part of a team finding a way to stop cancer cells from moving around the body.
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Atomically thin magnetic device could lead to new memory technologies
A University of Washington-led team is working on a magnetic breakthrough that may revolutionize both cloud computing technologies and consumer electronics.